Excerpt from Literature for Little Folks: Selections From Standard Authors, and Easy Lessons in Composition<br><br>Technical Grammar is useful and valuable in its place, but committing the rules of syntax to memory never yet made a correct writer and speaker. Those children who habitually hear good English, speak and write it correctly, unconscious of rules; and the idea has at last dawned upon' educators that the best way to gain a knowledge of the English language is to study the language itself.<br><br>That this study may begin as early in life as possible, the author has prepared this volume of selections from standard authors, believing that children from eight to twelve years of age may commit them to memory with profit and pleasure.<br><br>Most of the pieces herein contained are among the best that can be found in the small range of good child literature; but a few, such as Mary's Lamb and Little Star, are inserted because they have become children's classics, rather than for their intrinsic merit.<br><br>The composition lessons which accompany these selections are designed to enlarge the pupil's vocab ulary and accustom him to express his thoughts in correct language.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.